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in the most approved manner, with the use of the best ma- 

 nures, seeds, tools, and implements; and, what is of more 

 importance than this, he studies in the class-room and la- 

 boratory, the scientific principles involved in all he does, 

 and by becoming a scientific man, and analytical chemist, 

 he is enabled to protect himself and others against the 

 frauds and cheats that are continually being practised upon 

 the uneducated, by dealers who are themselves either igno- 

 rant of science, or who use it to impose upon the community. 

 He learns how to study the geology, mineralogy, and che- 

 mistry of the soil he cultivates, the botany of the plant he 

 grows, and the laws of health and disease of the animals 

 he uses. 



In a word, he is made thoroughly acquainted with the 

 laws and phenomena of the material world with which he 

 is in immediate contact, and about which farmers are most 

 deplorably ignorant, but a knowledge of which is essential 

 to their material success, or intellectual pleasure, in the 

 pursuit of the duties of rural life. 



To persons in cities who may wish their sons to become 

 acquainted with the details of practical agriculture and 

 science, and at the same time to cultivate the associations 

 of rural life, either with a view to ultimately settling upon 

 farms, or to increasing their capacity for business in town, 

 by the associations thus cultivated with the habits of the 

 country, the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania affords 

 excellent advantages. 



Persons wishing a good scientific and practical know- 

 ledge of chemistry, with a view to druggistry, pharmacy, or 

 the manufacture of chemical salts or manures, or pursuing 

 the operations of mining, engineering, or any of the indus- 

 trial arts, will find rare opportunities at a comparatively 

 insignificant cost here. 



All will find the advantages of a most healthy and plea- 

 sant location, in a neighborhood of good morals, free from 

 the allurements of city or village life, and of an oppor- 

 tunity for forming acquaintances with young men of re- 

 spectability from all parts of the State. 



